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[[Silamour Philander]] (also “Soli” or “Solly”) South African actor, director, comedian, playwright and columnist.
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Better known as [[Soli Philander]]
 
 
 
== Biography ==
 
As an actor he initially used his full name in  the late 1970s and early 1980s, then assumed the better known “[[Solly Philander]]” and finally settled with “[[Soli Philander]]”, especially for his stand-up comedy, radio and TV work.
 
 
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
At 23 years old Philander had already had considerable experience in the theatre and cabaret. His career first started [[The Space Theatre]] in Cape Town in plays such as ''[[Political Joke]]'', ''[[The Car Cemetery]]'', ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' and ''[[Telling Tales]]'' amongst others. He was also involved in children's educational theatre for a while; then followed the [[Baxter Theatre]]'s production of ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' which toured South Africa, and had seasons in London and America. Back home, Silamour devised, wrote, directed and eventually played a cabaret character called Rosie September. He wowed Johannesburg audiences for six months at No. 58, and for an additional season at the Oxford Hotel. (Programme of ''[[The Wrong Time of Year]]'' 1984).
 
 
 
Worked for [[Group 44]] and  [[The Space]]  performing in ''[[Elke Ou Storie]]'' by [[Peter Snyders]] and ''[[Group 44]]'', (at [[The Space]], 197*),  ''[[The Final Sting of the Dying Wasp]]'' ([[The Space]], 197*, directed by [[Mavis Taylor]]), ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' ([[Baxter]], 1980)** ''[[Comedy of Errors]]'' ([[Maynardville]], 1987), [[Jean Genet’s]] ''[[The Blacks]]''  ([[PACT]],  1989), ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' at the ([[State Theatre]] and the [[Alexander Theatre]], 1992), ''[[The Boabab Tree]]'' ([[Market Theatre]] 199*),  .
 
 
 
A prolific writer and director,  he wrote and starred in a number of one-man shows, [beginning with?*] ''[[Take Two]]'' at the [[Laager]] in 1991, presenter of Mnet and Kyknet's very popular celebrity show ''Liriekeraai'', and hosts the game-show ''Vat A Kans'' . On the SABC screens he has appeared in a number of roles, including starring in ''Off The Record'', a series satirising election politics and in the multi-lingual drama series ''Reflections''. He did a two-year, daily stint for 567 Capetalk Radio presenting his talkshow Airborne, which followed a very successful start with Punt Geselsradio on his Afrikaans show Gorrelpunt.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
 
 
 
TVSA [https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=7321].
 
 
 
Programme of ''[[The Wrong Time of Year]]'' by [[Robert Kirby]] produced by [[Pieter Toerien]], Monday November 26th, 1984.
 
 
 
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